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iOS Build a Vending Machine App in Swift 2.0 Loading Data From a Resource Type Casting

Posted by Julien Schmitt
Julien Schmitt
2,334 Points

Missing return in a function

Hi,

I'm getting an error but I don't know why. Copied what was done in the course but I'm getting "Missing return in a function expected to return [String: AnyObject] when the return type is specified. Why? 

class PlistConverter {
    class func dictionaryFromFile(resource: String, ofType type: String) throws -> [String : AnyObject] {

        guard let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource(resource, ofType: type) else {
            throw InventoryError.InvalidResource
        }
        guard let dictionary = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path),
        let castDictionary = dictionary as? [String : AnyObject] else {
            throw InventoryError.ConversionError <-- Error here 
        }

        return castDictionary
    }
}

Copied what was done in the course but I'm getting an error "Missing return in a function expected to return [String: AnyObject] when the return type is specified. Why?

Thanks,

Julien

Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points

Tbh, I cannot see an error in the snippet you posted... Have you tried clearing derived data and the build?

1 Answer

Julien Schmitt
Julien Schmitt
2,334 Points
Julien Schmitt
Julien Schmitt
2,334 Points

I just made the build and it disappeared...